Toy.



No. 820,868. PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

S. M. HALL.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1905 PATENT OFFICE.

SETH M. HALL, OF LOOKPORT, NEW YORK.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed May 17, 1905. $e1'ia11l0. 260,829.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH M. HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lockport, in the county of Niagara and State of N ewYork,have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to toys of the type in which a movable figurerepresenting a novel feature of a wild western horse known as thebucking broncho is mechanically operated, and has for its objects toproduce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this characterwhich may be readily operated and one wherein a pitching motion will beimparted to the figure through the medium of a simplified drivingmechanism.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel features of constructionand combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toyembodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, partlyin section.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a base or support, from whicharises a pair of vertical frame, members or standards 2, which affordbearing at their upper ends for a driveshaft 3 and between their endsfor a crankshaft 4, having an eccentric portion or crank 5, there beingfixed upon one end of the crank-shaft a spool or drum 6, adapted for thereception of a flexible operating element or cord 7 and a gear-Wheel 8in mesh with a pinion 9, fixed upon one end of the driveshaft 3, therebeing fixed upon the other end of said shaft a weighted fly-Wheel 10.

Pivoted upon the shaft 3 is a movable figure 11, preferably made inimitation of a bucking broncho, on which is mounted a rider 12 in theform of a cowboy or rough rider, which sets upon a typical westernsaddle 15, there being fixed to the figure 11 a vertically-dependingrigid arm or link 13, provided with a longitudinally-extending slot orguideway 14, designed for the reception of the eccentric portion 5 ofthe shaft 4, Whereby rotation of the latter will impart to the horse apitching motion upon the shaft 3.

The device is operated by winding the line 7 upon and drawing it quicklyand forcibly from the spool 6, thus imparting a rapid rotary motion tothe shaft 4, this motion being transmitted through the gear and pinion 9to the shaft 3, while at the same time motion is imparted to the figure11., as above mentioned,-through the medium of the crank 5 and link 13.It is to be particularly observed that the relative size of the gear andpinion are such that the speed of shaft 4 will be greatly multipliedthrough the shaft 3 and that the motion of the latter having beeninaugurated will be continued owing to the momentum of the weightedfly-wheel 10, and thus continue to drive shaft 4 for effecting movementof the figure 11.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce an efficient devicewhich will afford considerable harmless amusement, one in which themovements of the figure will be in imitation of a novel feature of thewild western horse which is known as a bucking broncho with a cowboy orrough rider upon its back who sits in a typical Western saddle, and onewherein the operating mechanism is of a simplified nature and the numberof its component parts reduced to a minimum, thus ren dering the deviceinexpensive and free from liability of becoming disordered. In attaining these ends it is to be understood that minor changes in the detailsherein set forth may be resorted to without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is

In a toy, a frame, a drive-shaft journaled therein, a figure pivoted foroscillation on the drive-shaft, an arm attached to and projecting fromthe figure and having a longitudinal slot, a crankshaft journaled in theframe and having its crank portion arranged in the slot, apinion-and-gear connection between the crank and drive shafts, aweighted fiy-wheel fixed upon the latter, and a winding-drum fixed 011the crankshaft and adapted to re ceive a flexible element for operatingthe de- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

SETH M. HALL.

Witnesses G. H. GoonnNoUcn, Josin I'IALL.

